Tonight on the ABC network (in the USA) they will be doing an in depth interview with Leah Remini who was a Scientologist for 30 years. I saw a preview and there is a lot of talk about shunning.
US TV Show 20/20 Interviews Leah Remini about Scientology - Oct 30, 2015
by TheListener 7 Replies latest jw friends
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talesin
She is a brave person. Not only confronting the cult, but bucking a lot of powerful people in Hollywwod.
I'm looking forward to seeing her interview. She seems to be a person who finds it hard to deceive, and speaks truth. GO LEAH!
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JustMe2
“The decision to leave is you are giving up everything you have ever known and everything you have worked for your whole life.” Remini says the best thing she ever did was leave Scientology. "I feel that people need to understand this has been my whole life. I want them to understand how it happens,” she said.
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poopie
Wow some parallels -
AudeSapere
Oh! I wanted to see this and lost track of the time. Dang!
Hopefully i can see a replay on the the ABC website tomorrow....?
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Pete Zahut
Leah Remini experienced that same "lone voice crying out in the wilderness" feeling that former JW's are so familiar with when the antlike cult member goes up against the big faceless machine they were once part of.
Their reputation is disparaged and they are made to appear to be complainers or troublemakers. The group they once were a part of, huddles even closer to the machine refusing to to acknowledge the validity of the same complaints they secretly have themselves, for fear that they to will be on the outside looking in.
The only difference between JW's and Scientologists in terms of anyone caring about them, is that JW's are typically voiceless nobodies, Scientology is made up of rich and famous people whose every move attracts public attention and interest.
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KiddingMe
Here are links to the video.
part one
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/leah-remini-recalls-involved-scientology-part-34870104?source=2020
part two
Part three
Part four
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/leah-remini-walk-scientology-part-34870352?source=2020
Part five
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/life-leah-remini-leaving-scientology-part-34870402?source=2020
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flipper
My wife and I watched this, it was really good. If anybody gets a chance to see it the comparisons in shunning in the Scientology cult is astoundingly similar to the JW cult. Since this was the original thread posted on it- wanted to bump it back up as well